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When A Parent Dies Living with bereavement by Alex James Most of us hope that we will live a long and healthy life, ideally coming to an end when we are too old to care and hopefully gently in our sleep. We accept, because we have to, that with age our bodies will deteriorate […]
About Widower After AFE I was widowed in March 2013 at the age of 40. My wife was 39. I had taken her to hospital on a Monday morning at around 10am. Our second son was born just after 7pm that evening. Within an hour of his birth my wife was rushed to theatre and […]
WAY Widowed and Young – helping young widows & widowers cope with life after death Georgia Elms’ life was turned upside down when her husband Jon died suddenly from meningitis at the age of just 38. “Jon went to bed feeling unwell, and woke in the middle of the night a lot worse, so […]
by Carl Gorham ‘She is dead. She was here just now and she was alive. How can she suddenly be dead? People in history are dead. Old people are dead. Grandparents are dead. Other people are dead. Not people like me. Not this person. The person […]
With focus on death of a partner or spouse I think it’s important to add that we are all different and we all have our own thoughts and feelings that are unique to us. Some people find it easy to talk and share feelings whilst for others it just isn’t something they feel able to […]
When Bad Things Happen To Good People With today’s social media and ability to report live news as it happens to our TV screens, Mobiles and Pcs it can be extremely difficult to prevent children from being exposed to scenes that can be traumatic ,disturbing and scary. So what can we say to our children […]
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad Massive, massive respect to Rio Ferdinand – and to anyone else who has been through times like these.BBC One, 9pm, Tuesday. Posted by Match of the Day on Monday, 27 March 2017
When A Partner or Spouse Dies Living With Bereavement Alex James From We to Me The relationship between two people is unique and the death of a person within that relationship and the feelings experienced by the remaining partner are as individual as the relationship itself. We all hide our true feelings beneath a shell, […]
When a Partner or Spouse Dies Living with Bereavement Alex James Single Parenting Children “I am trying so hard to keep things together; I try not to get upset in front of the children. At first I just kept busy but now I’m finding hard to get motivated. Sometimes I feel angry with her for […]
Rio: My children ‘shut me down’ after my wife’s death Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has told BBC 5 live that his children wouldn’t talk about the death of their mother, after she died of cancer in 2015. Speaking to BBC 5 live’s Emma Barnett, he said his children would “shut me down” when he […]